Rosemary Theby

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Rosemary Theby

Acting April 7, 1892

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

From Wikipedia Rosemary Theby (April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940. Born Rosemary Theresa Theby…

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You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

7.5 1938 Movie
Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

7.5 1937 Movie
Our Relations

Our Relations

7.0 1936 Movie
San Francisco

San Francisco

6.6 1936 Movie
One Million B.C.

One Million B.C.

5.8 1940 Movie
The Fatal Glass of Beer

The Fatal Glass of Beer

6.0 1933 Movie
The Second 100 Years

The Second 100 Years

6.2 1927 Movie
Man on the Flying Trapeze

Man on the Flying Trapeze

6.2 1935 Movie
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

5.5 1937 Movie
Wings in the Dark

Wings in the Dark

6.4 1935 Movie
Terror Island

Terror Island

5.3 1920 Movie
His Brother's Wife

His Brother's Wife

5.8 1936 Movie

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From Wikipedia Rosemary Theby (April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940. Born Rosemary Theresa Theby in St. Louis, Missouri, Theby studied at Sargent's School in New York. A contemporary newspaper account described her as being of "medium-height, well proportioned, with regular features and dark hair". Her first film experience came in the Vitagraph production of The Wager. By 1915, she was a star for the Universal film company. During World War I Theby took care of a refugee from Lithuania. After being educated and cared for by Theby, the young woman became her maid during an acute shortage of maids in Hollywood, in 1920. As Miss Corintee in The Great Love (1918), Theby played the part of a German spy with great skill. The film was written and directed by D.W. Griffith. This was a vamp role which she began to play frequently after depicting characters in slapstick comedies. Theby played a Chinese vampire in Clung, a Fox Film production directed by Emmett Flynn. Later she began to portray more serious women. Theby was solely a film actress. She declined an offer to accompany Chauncey Olcott to appear on stage for $85 per week. At the time she was earning $125 weekly in movies. She later regretted her decision because of the experience she would have gained. Theby was married to fellow actor and director Harry Myers. After Meyers' death in 1938, she married Truitt Hughes to whom she remained married until her death. She lived for years at 1907 Wilcox Avenue in Los Angeles. Theby supported Calvin Coolidge in the 1924 presidential election. Theby enjoyed playing golf, wearing her hair in a Bob cut, and possessed a preoccupation with personal cleanliness. On screen she appeared tall and willowy, entering a scene, according to one review in the Los Angeles Times, with a "sensuous glide". Theby died of circulatory shock on November 10, 1973, at the age of 81.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1940
    One Million B.C.

    Movie Shell Person

  2. 1939
    Undercover Doctor

    Movie Guest (uncredited)

  3. 1938
    You Can't Take It with You

    Movie Woman (uncredited)

  4. 1937
    Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

    Movie Wife

  5. 1937
    The Devil Is Driving

    Movie Matron (uncredited)

  6. 1937
    Make Way for Tomorrow

    Movie Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

  7. 1936
    Our Relations

    Movie Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)

  8. 1936
    His Brother's Wife

    Movie Minor Role (uncredited)

  9. 1936
    Yours for the Asking

    Movie Woman (uncredited)

  10. 1936
    San Francisco

    Movie Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)

  11. 1936
    One Rainy Afternoon

    Movie Bit Role (uncredited)

  12. 1936
    Neighborhood House

    Movie (uncredited)

  13. 1935
    Man on the Flying Trapeze

    Movie Helpful Passerby (uncredited)

  14. 1935
    The Drunkard

    Movie Mrs. Jackson

  15. 1935
    Wings in the Dark

    Movie Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)

  16. 1933
    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    Movie Ma Snavely

More credits
  1. 1932
    Doctor's Orders

    Movie

  2. 1931
    Taxi Troubles

    Movie Mrs. Andy Martin

  3. 1931
    Who's Who in the Zoo

    Movie Mother

  4. 1931
    Ten Nights in a Bar-room

    Movie Sarah Morgan

  5. 1930
    Midnight Daddies

    Movie Mrs. Wilbur Louder

  6. 1930
    He Trumped Her Ace

    Movie Mrs. Daly

  7. 1930
    Bulls and Bears

    Movie Eleanor Crenshaw

  8. 1930
    Sugar Plum Papa

    Movie Princess Olga

  9. 1930
    Scotch

    Movie Aunt Rose

  10. 1929
    The Peacock Fan

    Movie Mrs. Rossmore

  11. 1929
    Montmartre Rose

    Movie

  12. 1929
    Trial Marriage

    Movie Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th

  13. 1929
    The Dream Melody

    Movie Alicia Harrison

  14. 1929
    Girls Who Dare

    Movie 'Alabam' Kenyon

  15. 1928
    The Chinatown Mystery

    Movie

  16. 1928
    The Port of Missing Girls

    Movie School Matron

  17. 1928
    A Woman Against the World

    Movie Housekeeper

  18. 1927
    A Bowery Cinderella

    Movie Mrs. Chandler

  19. 1927
    The Second 100 Years

    Movie Dinner Guest (uncredited)

  20. 1927
    Riding to Fame

    Movie Marge

  21. 1926
    The Truthful Sex

    Movie Jennie

  22. 1925
    Wreckage

    Movie Margot

  23. 1925
    Fifth Avenue Models

    Movie Mrs. Van Groot

  24. 1925
    One Year to Live

    Movie Lolette